Three People Arrested over Choueifat Bombing
State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr ordered on Wednesday the arrest of three people over Choueifat bombing, state-run National News Agency reported.
According to NNA, the Judge referred the three suspects to the Army Intelligence Directorate for further questioning.
The news agency said that among the three detained men was the taxi driver, who transported the suicide bomber to Chouiefat.
On Monday, a suicide bomber blew himself up on board a minibus south of Beirut Monday killing himself and wounding two people.
The blast is the fifth to hit Lebanon this year, and comes after at least four people were killed on Saturday in a suicide bombing in the eastern town of Hermel.
Choueifat lies south of Beirut, not far from the suburbs of the city, which have been targeted in multiple bomb attacks in past months.
Explosions in Lebanon have created a climate of fear in the country, with residents increasingly nervous about unfamiliar cars and certain neighborhoods.
Many have targeted strongholds of Hizbullah, which has drawn the ire of Sunni extremist groups in part because of its role fighting alongside the regime in Syria.
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